On Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM Stephen J. Turnbull <[email protected]> wrote:
> Paul Tomblin via Mailman-users writes: > > > 5. Don’t be on a linode VPS because one of the major RBLs has a bug > > up his ass about linode not doing enough to prevent spam from > > their customers and blacklisted their entire site. > > I'd heard that, but I haven't had a problem with my Nanode on IPv4. > > I *did* have a problem with IPv6. I was getting a lot of bounces > because of course you have to pay for a /64 which I don't, and at > least one RBL blacklists the whole /64 if they're mad at any of them. > > I've also had a problem with Microsoft, which randomly blacklists me. > I don't have any mailflows where I depend on sub-hour delivery, and so > far I've always had the block cleared by their automated system within > 15 minutes. That's good enough for me, and I don't know if it's > related to Linode. I've heard that it happens to other people but I > don't know who their ISP is. > > > 6. Don’t have a bunch of mailing list members on > > RoadRunner.com/Spectrum because they’ll classify any attempt to > > send an email to 20+ people on there as “flooding” and bounce > > every to some but not all those people. > > Don't you love those "friends don't let friends" service providers? > There was a time I had so many problems with Yahoo! that I just got fed up and sent an announcement to the list that I will be unsubscribing ALL members with Yahoo! addresses. I advised them to get addresses from Redmond or Mountain View :-) They complied. I got peace. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] _______________________________________________ Mailman-users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://lists.mailman3.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.mailman3.org/ Archived at: https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CJ2GV2BRURDI542CRVJQJAJBVVI3EVGN/ This message sent to [email protected]
